St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-29
TWO JUICY SCANDALS.
the Administration Needs to EIe-
vate Morals in the Department.

l. Ihc 1tuHIIuiSt tfdtIOn NeSuS TO Elcs
vate Morals in the Department..
Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Scandal
number one. All of the gentlemen oc-
cupying positions in the departments,
superior to the civil service claSSifca-
ton, resigned their offices when the
new administration came into power in
March, 1885. Some of them were re-
QueSted to remain for time and assist
the new administration in getting
started successfully Oh its way. There
were others who did not resign, but
have been hanging on by the skin of
their teeth ever since. One of them is
chief of division in the postOffice de-
partment. He has, among other clerks.
a lady who is quite a valuable clerk and
a perfect beauty. In 'S4 she was SUBJ
lect to severe criticism by the women
because of her singularly unmaidenly
appearance for a season. She was alb
sent at that time Tor several months
and then returned to duty, brav-
ing all comments. She has been
in the division of the chief re-
ferred to, and has been protect
ed by him from dismissal. Not many
moons ago there was a Democrat ap-
mission, and assigned to the division in
question as a clerk. He observed
things which struck him as peculiar.
Although the chief is married man,
the new clerk noticed that he was in the
habit OF writing letters to the young
lady in his division, which she would
read. smile at and drop. piecemeal, into
her waste basket. Then he observed
that they were in the
. HABIT OF MEETING IN PARKS
after office hours. Further, it appeared
strange to this new clerk that the chief
was i'll the habit of appearing at his
desk after the hour for commencing
work. ard the lady WAS also iate,' COM
ing into the office either two minutes
before the chief or few minutes later.
Others were strictly required to
be on hand and at work
exactly as the stroke of 9
O'Clock was pealed. The observant
clerk remained after Office hours to
keep up with some important work and
rummaged through the waste baskets.
He found pieces of correspondence and
pasted them onto card board like an
old Sleuth detective. His scrutiny was
rewarded with the redemption OF up
wards of twenty tender episties from
destruction. They were more than in
teresting. They were spicy, and men
toned things which might better have
been unsaid, and certainly better un-
written. The detective clerk had an
idea that the letters would prove as in
teresting to the postmaster general as
to himself. He showed them to him ON
the eve of his departure for his vaca-
ton. They will be reread when he re-
turns to Washington, and then the full
details of the matter will become public
property. At present only the outlines
can be given.
SCANDAL NO. 2.
A gentleman occupying high posi-
ton, requiring the confirmation of the
senate, was found in the treasury de-
partment by the present administration.
He did not resign, and had such pOliti-
cal influence as enabled him to remainin
a subordinate capacity. He was reduced
to the ranks, yet remained. He did not
but was satisfied to be let
alone. 1t had been customary for him
to have many ladies hanging around his
room, but that was stopped by the man
who took his place. 1t now tranSpireS,
however, that he is living as the para
mOur of lady in the same department,
and neglecting his wife and family.
The facts have been presented to Eugene
appointment clerk of the treas
ury department. and there Will soon
be another raScal'S head in the
CORY basket of reform. The
woman in the case has husband, but
he is an invalid and is away from the
city, at the Hot Springs, Virginia, recu-
perating. The Republican hOld-over
clerk has recently taken her to New
York and up the st. Lawrence river on
a sort of honeymoon tour, maugre the
fact that she has husband and he has
a wife. Inasmuch as these things are
not conducive to purity and morality,
there is a knife sharpening for both Of
them. Especially fragrant is this case
because the recalcitrant husband and
lnchaste wife are seen driving together
almost every evening OH the public
streets impudently passing the home Of
-he sister of the outraged husband.
Thus do the stories go, and soon there
will be weeping, wailing and gnashing
)f teeth. But the CORY government
guillotine will sweep them off, root and
branch.